Fort Ocracoke

Fort Ocracoke. . (front) , Fort Ocracoke, The remnants of Fort Ocracoke are submerged in Ocracoke Inlet, 2 miles to the west – southwest, toward Portsmouth Inlet. The last of possibly four forts on Beacon Island, the mostly earthen Fort Ocracoke was constructed by mainland Confederate volunteers, beginning on May 20, 1861, the day North Carolina seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy., After Union victories on Hatteras Island in August, 1861, the Confederates partly destroyed the fort and abandoned it without a fight. Mainland Union forces completed the destruction in September, 1861. Beacon Island was consumed by the waters of Ocracoke Inlet in the first half of the 20th century. The fort’s remains were discovered and identified by members of surface interval diving boats in August 1998, acting on a tip from Ocracoke Charter Boat Captain, Donald Austin., (rear) , In Memory of Veterans of the Civil War from Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands, Ocracoke , Confederate Soldiers of the 17th, 19th, 32nd, and 33rd NC INF and Other Units , Holloway Balance . William R. Balance . William B. Bragg . Fabius F. Dailey . Isaac L. Farrow . Wilson T. Farro . Josephus Fulcher . Benjamin J. Garrish . Robert W. Gaskill . William Gaskill . William B. Gaskill . +George Gaskins . Alonzo Howard . James H. Howard . Robert Howard . Thomas G. Howard . George W. Jackson – b . Henderson F. Jackson . James G. Jackson . Benjamin F. O’Neal . Christopher O’Neal . +Christopher O’Neal, Jr. . Francis W. O’Neal . Tilmon W. O’Neal . Simon H. O’Neal . John R. Simpson . William J. Simpson . Andrew S. Spencer . Elijah Styron . Dallas Wahab . James H. Wahab . George W. Williams . Tilmond F. Williams . Robert C. Gaskins, Portsmouth , Confederate Soldiers of the 36th, 40th, NC INF, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 10th Artillery , Zephiniah Burgess . Anthony Dennis . William Dixon . George W. Gaskill . William H. Hill . Edward Mayo . Edward D. Mayo . William R. Roberson . David W. Roberts . John S. Roberts . Samuel C. Roberts . Stephen G. Roberts . Spyers Singleton (Dr.) . Ambrose J. Styron . Christopher T. Styron . William S. Styron, 1st Regiment North Carolina Infantry Union Volunteers , Alpheus W. Simpson . John F. O’Neal . Augustus Dudley . James Mason . George W. Jackson – a . # Joseph Lupton . James E. Roberson, Denotes dual service in the Union Volunteers , # Denotes dual service in the United States Navy , + Denotes dual service in the Confederate States Navy , -a or -b after a name denotes two different people, same name . This historical marker was erected by Hyde County Heritage Trail. It is in Ocracoke in Hyde County North Carolina